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March 07, 2013

PCM's Top Articles of the Week

Questions about students' privacy persisted this week. Should parents let for-profit companies use their kids’ personal school data for the collective benefits derived from big data technologies? That’s the default setting. Parents must make some noise to require parental permission. ● Two articles present different viewpoints of Carol Dweck's research on praising children. ● Get more knowledgeable about memory, competitiveness, creative intelligence, and the optimism bias. ● The backlash against excessive accountability testing continued its march through the states, impacting school board elections in L.A. ● Should states get relief from NCLB’s requirement that 100% of students be “proficient” by 2014? Do you think different percentages should be allowed for different races? Right now 23 states have answered yes. ● Heard of Sugata Mitra’s Hole in the Wall project? It’s the ultimate informal learning experiment. His fabulous TED talk has 1.28 million views.